Chapter 60

[Cordelia]

Jude disappeared inside the building, holding my sister in his arms like a child in need of care. What is the real nature of their relationship? I she his willing accomplice, or has she been brainwashed and trapped here just as much as I have been?

Is my sister still in there, waiting to be saved?

And all that nonsense she was rambling about us not being real sisters, about how Jude must be wrong. It is all so confusing.

I need to find help. I can't leave her here, but I also don't want to stay. Jude is a madman. Not only do his experiments sound like something out of a bad science fiction movie, but they also involve the death of me and my child. I will never forget the sight of body parts floating in jars.

But I don't have time to think about any of this. I have to protect my child. And I cannot protect my child, or myself if Jude comes back out to collect me next.

It takes me a moment to get to my feet, but I manage. I'm not wearing shoes or socks, so every rock of t